ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, BUDA-PESTH 169 



foreign domestic animals as well as cultivated plants. 

 This idea found much approbation, and the Society 

 took up Szabo's suggestion. M. Carl Serak was chosen 

 Director of the Garden, and he has managed the affairs 

 of the Garden to this day. 



Until the year 1873 everything went downhill. 

 To-day the Society possesses a capital of 180,000 

 gulden, and stands on a level with other similar 

 institutions in Europe. The success of the Garden 

 has been furthered by the help of the Archduke Joseph, 

 for whose gracious support the Garden will always be 

 greatly indebted. Mention should also be made of 

 Andor Semsey, who gave the Society its beautiful 

 aviary. Not only the Government, but also the town, 

 help by continual subscriptions to further the interests 

 of the Garden, 



After a laborious railway journey from Moscow of 

 three days and three nights, including fourteen hours 

 of weary waiting at wayside stations where not a soul 

 speaks any language but Russian, I arrived at length 

 at Buda-Pesth. 



The town possesses a shady wood of birch, horse- 

 chestnut, and elm trees. After paying sixty filler for 

 entrance, my camera was taken from me, which was 

 all the more to be regretted, as it was such a beautiful 

 day for taking photographs. The first house opposite 

 the entrance is a very small, very stuffy, and very dark 

 little monkey house, followed by a bird aviary, which 

 was just the opposite — very large, very airy, and very 

 light. Goat sheds follow, and then a good collection 

 of deer, including wapiti (always well represented in 



